BY THE NUM­BERS

• The Depart­ment of Trans­port and Main Roads up­graded the in­ter­sec­tion of McLeod and James streets in about 2010 from a round­about to a traf­fic-sig­nal con­trolled in­ter­sec­tion • Cairns St res­i­dents be­lieve the change has led to an in­creas­ing num­ber of mo­torists us­ing the road as a “rat run” to avoid the lights • A pe­ti­tion car­ry­ing 35 sig­na­tures was sub­mit­ted to the coun­cil in Au­gust